What are the properties of electric charges?
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First what is charge ?
=> basic phenomena of electricity is charge .
means charge is a property associated with the fundamental particle which is responsible for electric force .
Types of charge :
1. positive : when we rub glass rod with silk, then charge will appear on a glass rod is positive charge .
2. Negative : when we rub ebonite rod with a woollen cloth then the charge which appears on ebonite rod is negative charge .
Unit of charge :
charge on electrons is 1.6 × 10^-19
charge on protons is 1.602×10^-19
Properties of charge
1. like charges repel each other while unlike charges attract each other .
2. charge is conserved :
it means , electric charge can neither be created nor be destroyed but an algebraic sum of positive and negative charges in an isolated system remains constant.
3. charge is quantized :
it means a substance or a body has electric charge which exist in discrete packets .
Any charged body or a substance has a total electric charge 'q' which is an integral multiple of charge on an electron .
this q= ne where n = 1,2,3,4,5,6...............................
and e = 1.6×10^-19C
4. charges are added algebraically